The aim of this study was of determine the prevalence of asthma among elementary school children (6-12 years old) of Kerman in 1999.for this purpose,a randomly selected sample of 3036 school children was surveyed with a questionnaire.of this,2217 students (73%),including 1035 boys and 1182 girls,responded to the questionnaire.after surveying the returned questionnaire,60 students with asthma were nidentifed.the prevalence of asthma in elementary school children of Kerman was 2.7%(95% confidence interval(CI)2.1-3.5){3.3%(95% CI:2.2-4.4)} in boys and 2.3%(95%CI:1.5-3.3)in girls).there were statistically significant relationships between asthma and the presence of family history of asthma,allrgic rhinitis,drug allergy,food allergy(p<0.05).these results suggest that asthma in Kerman appear to be a public health problem in elementary school children,although its prevalence was low.
Habibi-Khorasani, S., Janghorbani, M., Gozashti, M. & Samareh fekri, M. (2002). Prevalence of asthma in elementary school children in Kerman in 1999. Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 9(2), 184–193.
MLA
Habibi-Khorasani, S., Janghorbani, M., Gozashti, M., & Samareh fekri, M. "Prevalence of asthma in elementary school children in Kerman in 1999", Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 9, 2, 2002, 184–193.
HARVARD
Habibi-Khorasani, S., Janghorbani, M., Gozashti, M., & Samareh fekri, M. (2002). 'Prevalence of asthma in elementary school children in Kerman in 1999', Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 9(2), pp. 184–193.
CHICAGO
Habibi-Khorasani, S., Janghorbani, M., Gozashti, M. & Samareh fekri, M., "Prevalence of asthma in elementary school children in Kerman in 1999." Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 9 2 (2002): 184–193,
VANCOUVER
Habibi-Khorasani S., Janghorbani M., Gozashti M., Samareh fekri M. Prevalence of asthma in elementary school children in Kerman in 1999. JKMU. 2002;9(2):184–193.
